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This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021. [1] [2]
Mosley, who murdered Back, was sentenced to life in prison. Myers became the youngest inmate on death row in Ohio at the time of his sentence. Donna Roberts: Had her ex-husband killed in order to collect his life insurance. 21 years, 208 days [82] Roberts is the only female death row inmate in Ohio. William Kessler Sapp
It was closed in 2012 due to a decrease in the number of inmates in the Virginia corrections system and expensive ongoing maintenance needs. The 189 acres (76 ha) facility served as a reception and classification facility. [2] Mecklenburg formerly housed the Commonwealth of Virginia's male death row.
In February 2021, the Virginia General Assembly voted to abolish the death penalty, and Governor Ralph Northam signed the bill into law on March 24, 2021. The bill took effect on July 1, 2021. [15] Only two people were on death row in Virginia at the time of the abolition: Anthony Juniper and Thomas A. Porter. [16]
Virginia, 113. Florida, 106. Missouri, 101. Death row inmate Hank Skinner speaks during an interview with AFP, in the visiting room at the Allan B. Polunsky prison in Livingston, Texas, on May 25 ...
Here are the 37 federal death row inmates who had their sentences commuted, ... Richard Tipton (Virginia): Sentenced in 1993 for his participation in a series of drug-related killings. He is a co ...
Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals by county (as of January 15, 2025) An inmate is considered to have exhausted their appeals if their sentence has fully withstood the appellate process; this involves either the individual's conviction and death sentence withstanding each stage of the appellate process or them waiving a part of the appellate process if a court has found them ...
The Virginia Department of Corrections, under scrutiny over the death of an inmate that raised broader questions about conditions at a southwest Virginia prison, is refusing to release public ...